123

Sing Songs Of Praise To Him!
Psalm 81
Dwight Armstrong

Praise the Eternal with a psalm; sing songs of praise to him!
Play on the timbrel and the harp, and make a joyful noise!
This is a statute and a law God has ordained for us,
In the appointed time to keep; this do on God's most solemn feast!

Blow on the trumpet; sing a psalm; make joyful noise to God!
He has delivered us from sin, saved us from Egypt's land!
We cried to God in bondage there; God heard and answered us;
From thunder clouds He answered us:  "Hear O my people, hear my words!"

But His own people would not hear; they would not hear His voice;
They only wanted their own way, following their own hearts.
"O that My people would obey, walking in all my ways!
I should have soon delivered them, turned my hand against their foes!"